SOUTH BEND -- The police have been busy this season chasing criminals who seem to be doing their holiday shopping with no intention of paying. On Tuesday night the police arrested a man they say may be connected to at least two robberies, including one in which a car was stolen from an elderly woman. Police officers took the 40-year-old man into custody about 6 p.m. on Tuesday near the intersection of McKinley Avenue and Eddy Street. The suspect was driving the same green Ford Taurus he allegedly stole from an 89-year-old woman on Monday afternoon outside her home, South Bend police Lt. Scott Ruszkowski said. The woman had answered the door about 1:30 p.m. at her house in the 1700 block of East Campeau Street and was reportedly hit by the door when the man forced his way in. The suspect then ripped the victim's Life Line Alarm off her neck and took her car and house keys, police reports said. The woman was at first disoriented and confused but then remembered the attack and realized her 1999 Ford Taurus was missing. The same suspect is also believed to have robbed a Low Bob's Discount Tobacco store on South Bend Avenue on Tuesday morning, Ruszkowski said. In that incident, the suspect reportedly punched a store employee and then took off with a box of cigars. Ruszkowski said he spotted the man driving as he was working on a separate stolen car case and called for backup officers to assist in the arrest. The suspect remained at the St. Joseph County Jail on Wednesday. He has not been charged.Staff writer Alicia Gallegos: agallegos@sbtinfo.com (574) 235-6368